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ORMEF: a Mediterranean database of exotic fish records

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SCIENTIFIC DATA
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01487-z

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  1. Interreg Med project (Project MPA-Adapt) [1197 \ 1MED15_3.2_M2_337]
  2. Interreg Med project (Project MPA Engage) [5216 \ 5MED18_3.2_M23_007]

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ORMEF database, as the first comprehensive and robust compilation of exotic fish observations in the Mediterranean, provides an authoritative reference for bio-invasion research in the region. It serves as a valuable resource for management strategies and policymakers in addressing rapid environmental transformation.
The Mediterranean Sea is recognized today as the World's most invaded marine region, but observations of species occurrences remain scattered in the scientific literature and scarcely accessible. Here we introduce the ORMEF database: a first comprehensive and robust compilation of exotic fish observations recorded over more than a century in the Mediterranean. ORMEF consists today of 4015 geo-referenced occurrences from 20 Mediterranean Countries, extracted from 670 scientific published papers. We collated information on 188 fish taxa that are thus divided: 106 species entered through the Suez Canal; 25 species introduced by shipping, mariculture, aquarium release or by means of other human activities; 57 Atlantic species, whose arrival in the Mediterranean has been attributed to the unassisted immigration through the strait of Gibraltar. Each observation included in the ORMEF database was submitted to a severe quality control and checked for geographical and taxonomic biases. ORMEF is a new authoritative reference for Mediterranean bio-invasion research and a living archive to inform management strategies and policymakers in a period of rapid environmental transformation.

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